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The Avatar at DGAI 2025

Meeting colleagues in Germany and sharing the work on situation awareness, patient safety, and care equality.

David TschollOriginally shared · 19 September 2025Original LinkedIn post

Boarding the aircraft for the DGAI congress trip. — Boarding the aircraft for the DGAI congress trip. · Photo 1 of 13 · Select to enlarge.

From LinkedIn

🙏🙏🙏 Thank you 🇩🇪, for leading the world in #VisualPatientAvatar adoption! The Avatar and the Swiss Cheese Model had a wonderful trip to #DGAI2025 – meeting so many old and new friends along the way. ❤️ Let's all keep building bridges for #situationawareness, #patientsafety, and #careequality. ⭐ 🌱⭐

In pictures

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Boarding the aircraft for the DGAI congress trip. — 01 / 13 · Boarding the aircraft for the DGAI congress trip.

02 / 13 · The avatar and Swiss cheese companion outside the congress venue.

Meeting colleagues at the Philips stand during DGAI 2025. — 03 / 13 · Meeting colleagues at the Philips stand during DGAI 2025.

A shared moment beside the Visual Patient monitor. — 04 / 13 · A shared moment beside the Visual Patient monitor.

The venue during the DGAI congress visit. — 05 / 13 · The venue during the DGAI congress visit.

Slides ready for a conversation about situation awareness. — 06 / 13 · Slides ready for a conversation about situation awareness.

Discussing situation awareness with colleagues at DGAI. — 07 / 13 · Discussing situation awareness with colleagues at DGAI.

08 / 13 · Two years with Visual Patient Avatar at University Hospital Bonn: a presentation by Dr Achilles Delis.

Arriving for the Philips meeting at DGAI. — 09 / 13 · Arriving for the Philips meeting at DGAI.

Congress flags outside the historic venue. — 10 / 13 · Congress flags outside the historic venue.

A view across the city during the DGAI trip. — 11 / 13 · A view across the city during the DGAI trip.

A helicopter on a rooftop helipad during the congress visit. — 12 / 13 · A helicopter on a rooftop helipad during the congress visit.

The table laid for dinner during DGAI 2025. — 13 / 13 · The table laid for dinner during DGAI 2025.

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